Hack computers to steal someone's identity in China? Why? You can just buy one from a bumpkin for, like, $3k

Hack computers to steal someone's identity in China? Why? You can just buy one from a bumpkin for, like, $3k

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Black Hat Black Hat founder Jeff Moss opened this year's shindig in Las Vegas with tales of quite how odd the hacking culture in China is.


You see, Moss also founded the DEF CON conference series, and has started running DEF CON events for nerds in China – which makes sense given the sizable reservoir of infosec and computer science talent in the Middle Kingdom. However, he said, when talking to folks over there, he realized quite how different black-hat culture is in Asia.


“I’d assumed internet crime in China was just like over here,” he said. “I was wrong.”


For a start, identity theft is virtually unknown, Moss said. There’s no point in hacking systems to steal strangers' identities to use for nefarious ..

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